Test 9 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

What was the fakeer doing when the king first spotted him, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fakeer, king · What happens: do, spot · To what, where: fakeer

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 doing	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fakeer	det
4	fakeer	fakeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doing	nsubj
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 spotted	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spotted	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 spotted	advmod
10	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spotted	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 doing	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 doing	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	the fakeer						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	spot	past	the king		fakeer			first property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Chilling by the river, yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chilling	chill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 river	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chilling	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Chilling	punct
6	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Chilling	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	gerund						by the river	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Hunting antelope up in the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	antelope	antelope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hunting	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hunting	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hills	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hills	det
6	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt up	gerund		antelope		the hills			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent antelope=Theme in hill=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Reading the Koran up in the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Koran	det
3	Koran	Koran	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Reading	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 Koran	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Reading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		the Koran		the hills			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent koran=Topic

Option 4

Praying, yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Praying	pray	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Praying	punct
3	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Praying	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	gerund							vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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